AFL London

Formerly	British Australian Rules Football League (BARFL)
Sport	Australian rules football
Founded	1989
First season	1990
President	Sarah Howell and Marianna Graham
No. of teams	9
Country	England
Most recent champion(s)	West London Wildcats (13th premiership flag)
Most titles	West London Wildcats (13 premiership flags)
International cup(s)	AFL Europe Champions League
Related competitions	AFL England AFL Europe
Official website	afllondon.com

AFL London is one of the largest organised Australian rules football leagues outside Australia. The league organises multiple grades of full 18-a-side games across London, United Kingdom.

The competition provides a competitive and fun game of football to the many Australians that live and work in London, as well as spreading the game to residents of non-AFL playing nations resident in the capital city including British, Irish, South African, American, Canadian, Italian and other Europeans.

The league is currently made up of eight clubs, across three levels of competition (Premiership, Conference and Social) that participate in a competition running from April to August.

First formed in 1989, AFL London was formerly known as the British Australian Rules Football League (BARFL). The inaugural season was held in 1990 and featured eight teams; the London Hawks, West London Wildcats, North London Lions, Earls Court Kangaroos, Lea Valley Saints, Thames Valley Magpies, Wandsworth Demons and the Leicester-based East Midland Eagles. Of these eight foundation teams, West London, North London, Wimbledon (formerly the London Hawks) and Wandsworth continue to compete in the league.^[1]

In 2001 AFL London was expanded to incorporate two levels of competition, known as the Premiership and Conference competitions. In addition, due to growing interest and numbers, a Social grade competition was added in 2007.

2008 saw an organisational restructure of Australian Rules Football in the UK, with the BARFL redeveloped to become AFL Britain. This change came about as a way of focusing the efforts of the organisation on supporting the growth of the game both in and outside the capital.^[2] It was at this time that the London competition was rebranded as AFL London.

In 2015 a women's competition ^[3][4] was introduced, including three of the foundation teams; Wandsworth Demons, North London Lions and Wimbledon Hawks, and the Peckham-based South East London Giants. This was expanded in 2017 into two divisions of four women's teams, with the addition of teams from the West London Wildcats, London Swans, Putney Magpies, and a second side from Wandsworth.

Wandsworth Demons

West London Wildcats

Wimbledon Hawks

North London Lions

London Swans

South East London Giants

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Greater London Australian Football Clubs

Reading Kangaroos

Portsmouth Pirates

London

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South East England, UK

Colours	Club	Competed	Ground	Premierships
	North London Lionsa	1990-	Albert Road Recreation Ground	4
	Wandsworth Demonsb	1990-	Clapham Common	9
	West London Wildcatsc	1990-	Dukes Meadows	11
	Wimbledon Hawks	1990-	Motspur Park	4
	London Swans	1991-	Hackney Marshes	0
	Reading Kangaroos	2003-	King's Meadowd	0e
	South East London Giants	2008-	Peckham Rye	0e
	Sussex Swans	2020-	University of Brighton Sports Centre	0e

• ^a North London Lions's 2nd and 3rd grade teams are known as the Regents Park Lions and Bounds Green Lions, respectively.
• ^b Wandsworth Demon's 2nd and 3rd grade teams are known as Clapham Demons and South London Demons, respectively.
• ^c West London Wildcats's 2nd and 3rd grade teams are known as the Shepherds Bush Raiders and Ealing Emus, respectively.
• ^d Club based in Reading, outside Greater London.
• ^e Club does not currently enter a Men's Premiership team.
• ^f Club based in Portsmouth, outside Greater London.

Sussex Swans began in 1991, London Swans emerged from a split.

Colours	Club	Competed	Ground	Premierships
	Bristol Bears/Dockers	1991-2003	Bristol	0e
	Portsmouth Pirates	2019-	Warblington Schoolf	0e
	Putney Magpies	1999-2020	Putney Vale	0e

The following teams have won the competition:^[5][6]

• 1990 Wandsworth 10.10 (70) d. Earls Court 9.14 (68)
• 1991 Earls Court 18.15 (123) d. Wandsworth 12.15 (87)
• 1992 Wandsworth 12.5 (77) d. West London 11.9 (75)
• 1993 London Hawks 12.13 (85) d. Lea Valley 6.5 (41)
• 1994 London Hawks 15.8 (98) d. West London 8.11 (59)
• 1995 Wandsworth d. West London
• 1996 Wimbledon d. West London
• 1997 Wandsworth 7.11 (53) d. Wimbledon 7.10 (52)
• 1998 Wimbledon 11.8 (74) d. Wandsworth 7.2 (44)
• 1999 Wandsworth 14.10 (94) d. West London 14.5 (89)
• 2000 West London 11.12 (78) d. Wandsworth 5.2 (32)

The Best & Fairest awards in each division celebrate outstanding players each season, as voted on by umpires at the conclusion of each game.^[7]

• AFL Europe
• AFL England
• Australian Rules Football in England